Nearly 10,000 women traveled from out of state to have an abortion in Illinois in 2020 a 29% increas

[mucifer]

Nearly 10,000 women traveled from out of state to have an abortion in Illinois in 2020, a roughly 29% increase compared with the previous year, according to the most recent Illinois Department of Public Health data available.

State health statistics show 9,686 out-of-state women terminated a pregnancy in Illinois in 2020, comprising about 21% of all 46,243 abortions performed statewide. This was over 2,000 more than the 7,534 women who came here from another state in 2019. State data from 2021 was not available.

The rise in travelers was anticipated by reproductive rights advocates and opponents of abortion alike, attributed largely to nearby states with increasingly stringent abortion laws, including those mandating waiting periods, gestational limits and more regulations on clinics.

Reproductive freedoms are increasingly under fire in much of the country, particularly many Midwestern states that surround Illinois as well as southern portions of the nation.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-abortion-data-out-of-state-increase-20220125-ppqscjemmffifnvatyoqkcm6pa-story.html

[Lovie777]

1. Hope their names will not be exposed . . .

cause I can see vigilantes harass them when they return home and unfortunately in hard core red states I can see states passing laws for them to be indicted for murder.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Indeed! States are starting to adopt the Texas model, with paid vigilantes...nt

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[Midnight Writer]

3. Welcome to Illinois.

Thank God for Chicago or we would be no different than Missouri or Indiana.

We are also a destination for pot tourists.

We are an island of (relative) sanity in a centralized location.

[bullwinkle428]

6. I'm in a red state right across the river, and think, "At least I can swim!"

[PortTack]

7. Oh no kidding!

[mopinko]

4. we saw this coming.

New abortion clinics had also recently opened near state boundary lines: An 18,000-square-foot Planned Parenthood facility opened in 2019 in Fairview Heights right by the Missouri border and another Planned Parenthood opened in May 2020 in Waukegan near the Wisconsin border

there are enough of us around who remember when abortion was illegal in il, and many women went to wis.